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In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1696-12-29 ADM/A/1838/22
The embodiment of an Order in Council authorising the Admiralty to press Men for service in the Navy stating the types of Men to be recruited, their ages; and expressly forbidding the taking of bribes offered by men to secure their release.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1696-12-29 ADM/A/1838/20
Enclosure: Copy (according to Item 19 above) of Instructions from the Admiralty covering the payments to be made to persons involved in pressing Men for the Navy, the manner in which receipts for Men received should be issued, the age limits between which Men may be recruited, the port to which the …
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1697-01-07 ADM/A/1838/51
Giving instructions to buy two French Prizes at Portsmouth viz the LEWIS [ST. LEWIS] and the RAINBOW at knockdown prices or not at all.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1697-01-06 ADM/A/1838/49
The BURLINGTON has arrived at Spithead and has been ordered by the Admiralty into Portsmouth Harbour. Orders are given for her to be cleaned and refitted for service in the Channel together with ten weeks Provisions.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1697-01-07 ADM/A/1838/55
Concerning delayed victualling accounts for the Straits and other foreign parts and ordering them to be forwarded to the relevant Navy Board official responsible for dealing with them.
Document signed by William Bridgeman, c.1646-1699, English civil servant and Secretary to the Admiralty between 1694 and 1698. (Manuscript) 1696-01-07 ADM/A/1838/59
Orders have been sent to Captain Munded at the Nore to detail the first Warship sailing to the West to convoy the FRIENDSHIP to Portsmouth with hemp; and informing that should that Warship not go that far westward, orders have been given to the Muster Master at Deal for the Warship to accompany the …
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1697-01-07 ADM/A/1838/57
Instructing that two thirds only of the wages due to Captain John Wooden of the BLAZE Fireship bound for the West Indies be paid to him. Captain Clements of the MAIDSTONE has met with an accident and has gone ashore at Rye.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1697-01-08 ADM/A/1838/65
Enclosing proposals made by the Colonels of the two Marine regiments as to their better regulation and requesting an opinion from the Navy Board before the Admiralty attends at Kensington on Sunday.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1696-01-02 ADM/A/1838/27
Instructing the sum of four hundred pounds to be paid to Mr Edward Whittaker, to Solicitor to the Admiralty, for his services.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1696-01-04 ADM/A/1838/33
Urgent proposals for the victualling of ships detailed for voyages to the West Indies are called for. The names of the vessels are given in the margin.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1696-01-04 ADM/A/1838/31
Having been informed that the CROWN is not in a condition to undertake a voyage to the West Indies and that the BONAVENTURE at Plymouth is already sheathed Instructions are given for her to be fitted and victualled at Plymouth and to proceed to Newfoundland via Portugal.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1696-01-04 ADM/A/1838/39
The Navy Board has reported on Second, Third and Fourth Rate ships both sheathed and unsheathed which are in good condition as regards the condition of their hulls and which are fit to proceed to the West Indies including the NORWICH which the Board claims has been sheathed; but a letter from her Co…